Early decisions in the FWC's unfair deactivation jurisdiction are beginning to establish "a coherent framework" for protecting employee-like platform workers, a new study finds.
The Albanese Government is seeking submissions on best practice guidance for adopting artificial intelligence in workplaces, but the Centre for Future Work's Fiona Macdonald says mandatory standards are needed to protect workers.
The NTEU says a neurodiversity clause in a medical research institute's proposed agreement represents a "cultural shift" in how workplaces provide support, committing to a proactive, low-burden approach that will not necessarily require employees to obtain an official diagnosis.
The Federal Government needs to tackle the 18% Indigenous pay gap using the same "deliberate and sustained" approach that it has taken with the gender pay gap, to prevent it from persisting "from generation to generation", a new report providing the "most complete picture" of the disparity has found.
DEWR expects the seven hot-desks it will provide for every 10 non-SES employees at its new Canberra HQ will prove sufficient given that only four out of 10 attend at the moment on average.
The Albanese Government "has no intention" of requiring employers to enter into a union agreement as a condition of receiving Federal funding, it proclaims in its discussion paper on draft standards for the construction industry, ahead of a webinar this afternoon.
Workplace s-xual harassment remains rife, with victims just as likely to be punished as perpetrators are to face employer disciplinary action, according to new Diversity Council data.
The Albanese Government should expand the existing positive duty to compel employers to prevent discrimination on the basis of s-xual orientation or gender identity, the Australian Human Rights Commission has recommended in a report released on the transgender day of visibility.
Universities should be required to set targets and report on measures to boost diversity in leadership and governance roles, with "cultural load" allowances also recommended, in a major AHRC study revealing one in five academic staff have suffered direct racism.
